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'^ Ed Grimley, oddball J I Quote ofihe day STL^ZrnftoTv I USC cautious about Mountaineers as a cartoon character. I drug.' ? Horace Dove-Edwin See Features, page 4 ^ee " 'ohnson." Sports, page 8 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 25 University of South Carolina September 28, 1988 use BRIEFS Five graduate students earn Liberty fellowships Five graduate students in USC's College of Business Administration have been awarded ff?11r?wchinc hv thp I ihprtv Pnm J "1V V in Greenville. Collete Gauthier has received the B. Calhoun Hipp Fellowship. Other recipients of Liberty fellowships are Deborah Bachkosky, Valerie Leszkiewicz, Donald Jacobson and Lawrence McManus. Doctoral candidate given Science Policy Fellowship Tony Boccanfuso, a doctoral candidate, has received the Science Policy Fellowship, a national award given annually by the American Chemical Society. Boccanfuso, who is from Boca Raton, Fla., will study for one year with the society in Washington, D.C. STATE BRIEFS Sumter Co. blacks protest The vice president of the Sumter branch of the NAACP is promising disobedience unless the community joins together and solves the problems of blacks. Carl Holmes said people in power are not concerned about the needs, aspirations and lives of black people. He made the comments Sunday night, during a rally to protest an all-white Florence >_ ~ jury 5 acquillal Ui <x wimt lunnci sheriff's deputy who was charged with shooting a black man to death. Black community leaders contend the j ury verdict was made on the basis of race and not the truth. Jefferson Square Theater to show 'Last Temptation* The controversial movie, The Last Tempatation of Christ, is scheduled to open at the Jefferson Square Theatre on Main Street. The movie has drawn protesters from religious organizations to theaters nationwide when it opened because of its potrayal of Christ as a vulnerable character. One scene depicts Jesus fantasizing about marriage and a sexual affair. USA BRIEFS Billy Carter dies in Plains PLAINS, Ga. ? Billy Carter, known to millions as the wisecracking brother of the nation's 39th president, was eulogized as a courageous man who was prepared to devote his life helping others overcome alcoholism. "Billy Carter was struck down in the prime of his life," country singer Tom T. Hall said in the eulogy at a graveside ceremony Monday. "He was just beginning a new chapter. He was planning his travels to help others take rharop r?f thpir liv#?? " Carter, 51, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer, the disease that killed his father and an older sister. About 500 mourners gathered at the Lebanon Cemetery to pay their last respects to Carter, who was thrust into the national spotlight after his older brother, Jimmy, became president in 1977. Shuttle to launch Thursday CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? Discovery's astronauts scheduled jet training flights today and kept an eye on the weather as a new team of engineers, born of the Challenger disaster, was taking over key decisions leading to Thursday's launch. As the experts prepared to meet for the first time, the countdown proceeded without a snag toward the first shuttle launch in 32 months. INDEX Viewpoint 3 Features 4 Datebook 6 Comics 7 Sports 8 Classified 10 GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 177-7726 The Ira and Nancy Koger Center for The Arts Big names 1 By KELLY C. THOMAS Staff writer The London Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled to give the opening performance at the Ira and Nancy Koger Center for the Arts that will begin its first season Jan. 14. The orchestra is making a special run-out trip to perform at the center. This means it will fly here, perform and fly back to London to prepare for their spring season. Usually, it will not appear in the United States unless it is planning a tour, or if it is a national event. "We are proud to have been invited to give the opening performances," said Tours Director for the ^.ondon Philharmonic Orchestra Jacqueline Noltingk. Taxi systen *rve Foints By STEVE PRADARELLI Assistant news editor Taxis could replace the Five P6ints shuttle wit weeks, eliminating the threat of university liabil Sorority Council Service chairwoman said Tuesdi Chairwoman Marie Louise Ramsdale said cos ding and contract details will prevent the use of t; weekend, but that the service could be in place by Meanwhile, she said, the shuttle will run from to 2:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at thr Points locations along Harden Street: Eckerd Food Lion and Circle K. The decision to alter the shuttle program follow; ty meeting Monday at which USC officials urged of contracts with private transportation compa avoid legal entanglements through the use of state vehicles. The meeting, called by Ramsdale, brought t USC officials, student organization representatr Columbia police to discuss recent campus crin possible solutions. Discussion quickly turned to the shuttle service began operation on a trial basis this past weekei funds from the Sorority and Fraternity councils. "I'm not so sure the shuttle service fits the crit state-owned vehicle use," said Carl Stokes, seni president for Law Enforcement and Safety. Students who use the Five Points shuttle sen technically "hitchhikers" under guidelines set by t Budget and Control Office, because they're n ticipating in an approved university function, Stok "There's legal things there we can't overcon said. "I've stuck my neck out, arid"! might get it c off." Danny Baker, assistant vice president for Law E ment and Safety, suggested that student organi . V IbBhHHB &?& y % 4 \ -X "' ?/?//! N S/4 will open in January. lighlight ope "The opening weekend will be a people's Ti event," USC President James Holderman ar said. "The Koger Center was created for the people of the Midlands and the state of South B< Carolina. Our opening events are outstanding and diverse enough to draw classical music fans, $4 as well as families, students and children." fe For the opening performance, the London Philharmonic will perform the American ha premiere of Gustav Mahler's unfinished Sym- Ce VT~ 1 A u., pnuny i>iu. ivj as Luiiipicicu vy ^iiinun iu Carpenter, a Chicago music editor. Harold Faberman will direct the performance sti Tickets for this performance will cost $80, of $75 and $70. On Sunday afternoon, the orchestra will per- Tt form several light, popular and classical pieces. Ko i may replat shuttle servit place a taxi company on retainer. Students who need a ride home could cal hin two pany, show their I.D. and sign a voucher fc lity, the campus, Baker said. The cost of the rides ay. reimbursed with funds from Student Go ts, fun- other student organizations or through d< axis this Five Points merchants, he said. Oct. 6. "Cab companies have done a lot receni 10 p.m. their image, and I think they would jump a ee Five said. Drugs, Five Points merchants are also likely to s program, said Columbia Police Chief Rob< s a safe- "The last thing they want is to have sc the use their establishment have some problem," 1 mies to Stokes appeared to support the idea. \ :-owned such a program would remove liability fror ty, he said, "It's putting it back where it ne ogether the private sector." ves and But Sorority Council President Anne Mai les and she had reservations about using taxis. "Are those drivers going to make sure sti , which their door?" Flynn asked, ad with Ramsdale of the Sorority Council Ser would give the taxi service a chance, bi eria for students will probably be reluctant to call a 1 ior vice tie service makes finding a ride home moi she said. /ice are She admitted, however, that funding w< he state be more accessible if the issue of liability v ot par- Last week, fear of liability caused Studen es said. President James Franklin to withhold suppo te," he gram and threaten to veto funds to lease u hopped for the service. nforceizations See CRII Knwr opens * By KELLY C. THOMAS Staff writer USC President James Hold< man announced Monday the openi: of the Ira and Nancy Koger Cent for the Arts, which is scheduled T take place in January 1989. "The Koger Center is the core ol multi-faceted cultural complex Holderman said. "Nothing can ev< begin to compete with what we The USC and the Midlands, inde< all of South Carolina, have with tl opening of this new facility." He added that with the Carolii Coliseum, Drayton Hall Theatr . Longstreet Theatre and the ne HW $18.8 million music building that being planned, USC will be able i JI provide seating for about 16,500 pe< ISC f pie at several various events within ft mm three block total area. The Koger Center, which cost $1 iS? 1 million to build, will be a 138,0( ^ square foot structure that will se; r fpT a maximum of 2,236 people, ii 11*0 I eluding ushers and attendants, it fSwf The setting, arranged in three tier can be reduced to only 1,000 seats 1 ^ accomodate smaller gatherings. iolL "The ability to reduce the Kog< j Center's size and still maintai ^ acoustical and visual quality gives it capability matched by only about 1 other centers in the country," sai Ronald Pearson, associate directc , of operations at the Koger Center. ^ rearson saia tne center win teatur ^ superb acoustics and aesthetics ths ""* *??, wilf attract artists and musician from around the world. He said the center's two sound ~,t?; proof rehearsal halls will also spoi state-of-the-art acoustics. "The hall will be equipped to har die any production that's on the roa today, from grand opera to Broad way to comic revues," Pearson said Local talent, such as the USC Sym uls/the gamecock phony Orchestra, the Columbi Lyric Opera, the Columbia Cit ning of Kogi ickets for this performance will cost $28, $18 Oth id $14. next s On the evening of Jan. 16, the Vienna Choir ( 3ys will perform at the Koger Center. ? Jar Ticket prices for this event will be $10, $8 and 1 1. This will end the weekend of opening Centei stivities. 1 "We've priced the events so that anyone will 1 ive the chance to come through the Koger I nter that weekend," said Koger Center direc- Stern r Thomas Stepp. * J Ten percent of the seats are reserved for USC J jdents until Friday, buf no discounts will be 1 fered to them. ^ Tickets for the opening events went on sale Ashke lesday. To obtain an order form, contact the 1 ger Center or the coliseum box office . June 2 e 'Students ?e for their < By STEVE PRADARELLI Assistant news editor Students need to be more respon 1 the taxi com- sible if campus crime is to be reduc >r a free ride to ed, Columbia's police chief tol< could then be leaders of several USC studen vernment and organizations Monday, anations from Columbia Police Chief Rober Wilbur and Deputy Police Chie tly to increase Mike Galvin addressed a safet; t that," Baker meeting between representatives o student organizations and USC lupport such a staff at the request of Marie Louisi -rt Wilbur. Ramsdale, Sorority Council servio >me patron of chairwoman. Wilbur said. Ramsdale said she called th< Vhen asked if meeting to discuss recent crimes oi n the universi- and near campus and to work ou eds to be ? in possible solutions. Students ar< particularly concerned about theii :on Flynn said safety in the Five Points area, sh< said. idents get into Five Points is one of the mos' heavily patrolled areas by city vice said she police, but most patrol time is spent it added that responding to calls, Wilbur said? :axi. The shut- especially those regarding parking e convenient, problems. "Parking problems are taking juld probably away from other law enforcement /ere resolved. duties," Wilbur said, adding that t Government city police responded to about rt for the pro- 292,000 calls last year. "It's amazniversity vans ing how little people think when parking cars." " Because of all their duties, police VIE page 2 ? Center January Ballet and the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, will also ir- perform at the center, ng Other qualities include a er 45-by-60-foot main stage and 14 to dressing rooms. Thp ppnfpr ic nom/arl in h/\nr*r a Ira and Nancy Koger, who donated $4 million toward its funding, sn The Kogers, both philanthropists, at have been described by officials to be ;d the driving force behind the performhe ing arts center at USC. A donation of about $2 million la was received from descendants of the e, Gonzales brothers, who founded The w State in 1881. To honor this donais tion, the main auditorium in the to center has been proclaimed Gonzales 0- Hall, a Other funding includes $2 million 15 from the city of Columbia and $3.75 )0 million from Richland County, with at the balance being paid by the a- university. Alice Barron Pearce of Columbia s, donated a Steinway grand piano to o the center. This donation was made in memory of her late husband, L. ;r Gregory Pearce. in "It's really exciting to watch a new a building being put up and to think 0 about staffing it," Pearson said, d A newly established National Adir visory Council on the Arts at USC will help to advise the university on e how to bring the arts to the Carolina it community, Holderman said, is Kitty Carlisle Hart, chairw.oman of the New York Council on the Arts, 1- will be the chairwoman of the council rt at USC. To assist her will be Helen Hayes, who has won a Kennedy i- center /\wara ror ner coniriDuuons d to American culture, and actor I- James Stewart, who helped to launch I. USC's Year of the Arts, i- The council will meet for the first a time in January, the day before the y center's official opening. sr Center er main attractions at the Koger Center pring will be: Classical guitarist Christopher Parkening 1. 24. rhe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln r ? Feb. 8. rhe Pittsburgh Ballet ? Feb. 21 and 22. rhe Pittsburgh Symphony ? Feb. 28. nternationally acclaimed violinist Isaac ? March 2. rhe New York City Opera ? March 16. fhe Tokyo String Quartet ? March 19. rhe Joffrey II Dancers ? April 10. Vorld-renowned pianist Vladimir nazy ? May 8. ~he Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger ? 11 to June 25. responsible own safety' cannot be everywhere at once, leaving responsibility for protection in i- citizens' hands, Wilbur said. "You have to keep in mind that d there are isolated areas we don't it have coverage for," he said. "It's about time we say to students you t have responsibility for your safety, f We'll help you all we can, but it's a y two-way street, f "I think education is the Z answer," he said, e He encouraged the use of local e media and the city's Crime Prevention Program to teach students how i to best guard against attacks and i other crimes. t "You have to stay out of harm's ; way as much as possible," Galvin r said. "Walking home from Five ? vomts at one in tne morning is not staying out of harm's way. t "You need to create an r awareness among the student t population of, 'Don't put yourself in that position,"' Galvin added, r "Just like friends don't let friends drink and drive, friends don't leave ; friends stranded at night." Carl Stokes, senior vice president for USC Law Enforcement and Safety, said the problem of campus crime has been overstated, causing i n See Meeting page 2